Project : L3p D3sk

[l3p]

Got a nice package today :



Gregor pwns !!








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I need more bling bling



















Again, thanks Gregor for the lovely blocks !!





Thanks for placing me at your mod page @ Custom PC Magazine !

[l3p]

To keep you guys updated ..

Couldn't do anything this weekend cause of 2 little problems.

First of all off course the wrong EK RAM Dominator block.
Hope i can send it back this week for the plexi version

Secondly, the Silverstone Strider ST1500 kept giving problems.
Even after replacing the fuse from a B16 to a C16.
It kept rebooting, sometimes after an hour, but also sometimes when booting.
Tried all possible combinations with the 2x 25A for all the hardware.

I could borrow an XFX Core edition 850W temporary (Nice thing btw full OC and full stress 1050 watts from the fuse)
The Strider goes RMA, ordered something else back.
Going for a "Single Rail" psu again.

Also the 2 x 80 Gb Intel X25m 1st Generation ssd's are sold.
Going to be replaced with something else too.

So next week alot of work to do.


The strider couldn't hold it




Found this at work.
I want to use it for the Reservoir, move it over the old RVS studs




This is how ill be sitting behind the desk this week






Ordered @ Highflow.

[l3p]

Small update !

Couldn't wait to start yesterday.


Yep, i like the new one more .







Rather have plex.



Ordered to see what it is, green fan and a Lamptron 22mm Blue led momentary.



Looks very good. Pushing goes softer then a "real" Bulgin.



Something i wanted to do a long time.







Wtf ? :P



Lets clean that up too.





And done.



And this afternoon @ the door ..
Wtf alreadyl ?!
Thanks Gregor from EKWB :P







No one could have told me there's a trick to hold the rubber in place ? :P



Totally happy again !





Thanks EK !!





If you guys want to be so kind ... Please vote for me here
I can win a trip to the Asus HQ in Taiwan. ^^

(Registration only takes 15 seconds, after that you can vote every day one till 30 Januari.
And you can win a prize every day yourself :P )

[Mazlov]

Nice going there L3p. I've been following your build on Tweakers.net, but had no idea you were posting here as well. I'll vote for you when I can.

Veel succes!

[l3p]

Dank je Mazlov !


Finally the pc is running again

So here after a very busy week (Asus Pride) the update.


First of all i want to thank these 2 people for making this update possible !

Freddy van Highflow.nl
Gregor van Ekwaterblocks.com



Some new pc tools.




Back to Corsair




Nice sleeved cables.




100A !







First i thought they were made of plastic, but im glad they are aluminium.
Also nice there are 3.5" brackets with it.




Such a nasty job this ..




4 hours later ..




Another 4 hours later




Leak testing




Now without stud.







Gold status now




I love it, also a better flow then the other blovck







Lamptron ddr3 slots




Transformers !




I liked the ssd's there more.
Also temporary used the plexi's from the Intel ssd, somehow i liked it.







Some benchmarks with 2 x Corsair F60 in raid0




Up and running !




Temps also lowered another 1-4 degrees compared to the old block.










Beast in his cage




And some random pics..







Lamptron Pci-e covers.




I love EKWB




Thinking of using 6 of these inside the desk.
(Others will remain Scythe GT's)










Total picture.









Thanks alot, both of you guys !

[DARK_01]

Very nice job man.

[l3p]

Got a nice package today ^^

Some guy named Wwwicked i know from the Highflow forums creates selfmade ledstrips.

We were both curious how they would look in the desk.

First of all, very professional wwwicked !

Specially for him double resolution pics














25 and 90 degree leds







One Ledstrip is UV25-UV25-Bl25 the other UV25-UV25-Bl90






These pics were for myself
This is the effect you get with wwwickleds !































Wwwicked, thanks man !

[nigelke]

insane

Great job it looks great!

[ChanceCoats123]

I love that dominator WB! Great build. I don't have a large enough vocabulary to fully express the awesome contained within this build so I'll leave it at that.

[l3p]

Small update.

Thanks Freddy !
Without Highflow this wouldn't have been possible :P !








Wanted to connect the extra ssd when i had 10 minutes spare time, but ...
Both multilane cables i had connected were full
So had to drain the loop AGAIN so i could add an extra multilane specially for the ssd




Still need to think of something to make it look better.




Very satisfied with the speed, i guess i can't get more out of it cause of the iop341 limitations.

[l3p]

Thanks Antony !

[miahallen]

Not a huge fan of all the bling...other than that, this is one of my favorite builds of all time....very nicely done l3p

[Mrmotion]

The best part of this build is how clean it is. Absolutely amazing. Great job chief! Very envious!

[l3p]

Sneak preview :P

[l3p]

Good news

1. Highflow became Main sponsor of this build !
(More info will follow :P )

2. EKWB will send another nice package.
(Also more info will follow)

3. I won a nice prize with the Asus Pride contest.

4. Asus Sponsored me a videocard. (This videocard may be sold to buy the Asus card i wanted, other samples weren't available at this time )


So the next days alot of pics will follow.










Thanks Asus !

[l3p]

Another small test

[l3p]

Found some time today to cleanup the Asus 5790.

Temporary on an Asus EN210 till the other hardware comes, who needs WC :P




After that it was time to get the third screen hanging

2 hours of measuring, fitting, mounting, unmounting and everything again

[DexNfX]

Oooooo...that's a nice monitor you have there!

[l3p]

After 3 weeks of mailing with Asus, Highflow and EKWB, finally some pics for you guys.


After building this in im ready with the hardware part, and hope to finally enjoy a game

Off course it still needs to be powdercoated in mat black in the comming weeks/months.
I hope to finish off this project then.

I specially want to thank :



This because they did a very nice sponsoring.
Without Highflow i could never made this SLI dream true.

Freddy en colleagues thanks !




For the Asus Rampage III Extreme i won in the Asus Pride contest.
And for the Asus GTX480 i could use to order some other Asus cards @ Highflow

Milan en colleagues thanks !




This because he's sending me a very nice package for the second time this month.
Im totally in love with the EK Plexi blocks !

Gregor and colleagues thanks !


(Thinking about marrying Freddy, Milan en Gregor)




Planned to do a lot, but i just kept staring




Totally in love with the Asus GTX580









Thinking to place them in a rack like samurai swords















One can't live without the other..







Pretty big plates




Replacing the standard red top with a black one.




Bling !










Bling Bling!
















Nicest block i had till now






Can't wait to mount them












Playing with the Lamptron UV-active Slot Protectors







And some stuff to put the cards in SLI.
Also some extra BP parts can be quite handy.










To clean up the dirty little chips.




More pics will follow, i hope you enjoyed them :P

[killerxp100]

Very cool idea, makes me want to try something like that using acrylic.

[l3p]

[DARK_01]

Sorry if this is a silly question & i passed it some where..
What are the size's of your LCD's ??
i would love to do a setup similar.
Using my current 24" i wont to match up 2 smaller screens in portrait mode like u have it & get it as close as possible for them to match..
Thanks in advance. Cant wait to all the new hardware is in & running..
Looks super sexy.
Keep up the great work.





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[l3p]

No problem

Dell 17" - Dell 27" - Dell 17"
4:5 - 16:9 - 4:5
1024x1280 - 2560x1440 - 1024x1280

[l3p]

Here some pictures of the conversion.

First of all, thanks again Highflow, EKWB en Asus !


Even on air they are lovely.







But i love WC blocks :P




You can easily spend a hole evening on 2 cards.






And thats 1













And thats 2













Had a small break, had to wait for a replacement part for the EK rex3 block (broke while shipping)

And i've been to Cebit to personally thank one of my sponsors




Replacement part came in the next morning




Quite an impressive block, it has 4 O-rings in it




And now the adjustments for the bigger mainboard and the extra needed cables for the gpu's










Had to do everything by hand cause i didnt want to clear the hole desk




Also the mainboard tray needed some work.







Discs specially aluminum.













And done.






Now i can start fitting in the Bitspower parts




Every SLI connector has to fit exactly.







One of the many times fitting it in the desk.




Only one connector to go.




Got the tip to polish the silvercoil




Hmm..




But it's shiny again







Cable for the extra molex on the Rex3.




After one hour i finally found a way to get all the cables under the mainboardtray







And some teasers for later this week










When looking for the newest bios for the rex3, i also found a driver for symbian phones.
I had no idea this was so easy

[l3p]

Cleared some 230V cables for the tft's today.
Made a 3-way disconnect-able cable ^^








3 AMP connectors.




And done



Still need to fix the resolutions so the conversion looks better







I almost enjoy the view like in real life :P